A less government conservative Republican from Livingston County, MI
Opinions on this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Livingston County Republican Party.
Chairman of LCRP since January 2013

Montmorency County is most known for elk herds. It’s a GOP leaning county on the federal level, but more competitive on local levels. It’s between strongly GOP Otsego County and strongly democrat Alpena County.

Much like the rest of Northeastern Michigan, Bush made major gains in Montmorency County and ran ahead of most Republicans here. While Montmorency County has a GOP lean, it’s not as solid as neighboring Otsego County, and neighboring Alpena has a strong democrat lean(although voted for Bush)

Redistricting significantly changed the districts here. The congressional district did not change here, but the state rep district is now Alpena based instead of Otsego County based. It’s a 50/50 district that Matt Gillard narrowly won. Alpena based districts have been democrat for years, although competitive. Gillard is likely safe for one more term, with 2008 going to be a major showdown when the seat opens. The state senate district runs from Midland to Alpena. Montmorency County voted more “homer” than anything else here. Stamas is from Midland, and Neumann is from Alpena. The gun issue wasn’t a big issue either in this race either since both voted for conceal carry. This will be a strongly contested district in 06.